McCovey Chronicles: FanShots

Why don't wins count anymore? - STLtoday.com

2009-11-20T17:59:17Z

Why don't wins count anymore? - STLtoday.com

"If won-loss records are suddenly obsolete, why do we bother to keep the stat?"

Ding ding ding. And if 8-tracks are suddenly obsolete, why does "Close to the Edge" sound so sweet in my Vega?

Sabean looking at "second tier" FAs

2009-11-19T23:31:20Z

Sabean looking at "second tier" FAs

Well, there goes next season. If anybody thought we'd get a different Sabean after the contract extension, they were wrong.

Sigh.

Lincecum's statement on the Washington arrest

2009-11-19T21:54:17Z

Lincecum's statement on the Washington arrest

Do both Cy Youngs signal shift?

2009-11-19T21:12:45Z

Do both Cy Youngs signal shift?

Rob, I gotta ask, since you don't ever answer the question... Does it signal a shift in what? You never get beyond talking about win totals.

Bill Neukom's official statement on Tim Lincecum

2009-11-19T20:06:40Z

Bill Neukom's official statement on Tim Lincecum

Shopping Swisher

2009-11-19T18:03:14Z

Shopping Swisher

My question to the McCoven:
Would you trade for Swisher and if so, what kind of trade?

Bay Rejects 4yr/$60 Contract from Red Sox

2009-11-19T17:05:20Z

Bay Rejects 4yr/$60 Contract from Red Sox

I think this moves the idea of us signing Jason Bay from "probably a bad idea" to "almost certainly a bad idea".

Bengie Molina, 2nd best!

2009-11-19T15:24:52Z

Bengie Molina, 2nd best!

Fangraphs article looking at players who are over and undervalued based on RBI's. This is what I thought particularly funny and interesting:

"2007-2009 Leaders and Trailers (qualifed, 250 RBI minimum):

1. Jeff Francoeur, 1.30 RBI/24RC. .313 wOBA, 252 RBI, -17.62 Sitch
2. Bengie Molina, 1.28 RBI/24RC. .317 wOBA, 256 RBI, 23.29 Sitch
3. Robinson Cano, 1.28 RBI/24RC. .346 wOBA, 254 RBI, -53.47 Sitch
4. Garrett Atkins, 1.19 RBI/24RC. .339 wOBA, 258 RBI, -6.31 Sitch
5. Mike Lowell, 1.18 RBI/24RC. .359 wOBA, 268 RBI, -4.79 Sitch
6. Ryan Howard, 1.16 RBI/24RC. .385 wOBA, 423 RBI, 22.80 Sitch
…
43. Lance Berkman, 0.80 RBI/24RC. .397 wOBA, 288 RBI, 25.32 Sitch
44. Albert Pujols, 0.80 RBI/24RC. .440 wOBA, 354 RBI, 15.22 Sitch
45. Hanley Ramirez, 0.72 RBI/24RC. .409 wOBA, 254 RBI, -27.34 Sitch

Note how much the Sitch scores fluctuate on both ends of the rankings and draw your own conclusions. Any list with Frenchy and Bengie on one end and Pujols and Han-Ram on the other speaks for itself."

Bengie was #1 on the context-neutral version of these rankings, found:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-2009-carter-batista-award

Juan Marichal on MLB Network

2009-11-19T09:54:13Z

Juan Marichal on MLB Network

The above is a link to the schedule for Tuesday, November 24th MLB Network where Juan Maricial will be interviewed by Bob Costas' Studio 42 show.

Schulman hates Lincecum

2009-11-19T07:37:58Z

Schulman hates Lincecum

Idiot.

Selig: Baseball will tighten playoff schedule

2009-11-19T02:21:37Z

Selig: Baseball will tighten playoff schedule

Bud making sense? It seems impossible, yet there it is..
talk - action = 0 though, so we'll see how many more November classics there are.

OT: LOL Cleveland Football!

2009-11-18T21:59:22Z

OT: LOL Cleveland Football!

LeBron James living out that crappy commercial he made last year?

Scioscia, Tracy win Manager of the Year

2009-11-18T19:49:24Z

Scioscia, Tracy win Manager of the Year

Easy choices.

Alaskan MarineHighway

2009-11-18T15:21:00Z

Alaskan MarineHighway

Has any ever taken the ferry from Bellingham, WA to Alaska?

I thinking of planning a trip and my fiance has never been to Alaska and I have only been to Anchorage and this seems like a cool way to see Alaska.

PS. DOGS ALLOWED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ESPN Voters NL Manager of the Year

2009-11-18T00:47:13Z

ESPN Voters NL Manager of the Year

Note who Jon Miller voted for.
Being bias ftw.

Giants fans need dose of negative

2009-11-18T00:42:19Z

Giants fans need dose of negative

The results of that study also showed the importance of negative feelings in contributing to how much fans enjoyed the game.

"Obviously, winning helps people enjoy a game. But we're finding that it doesn't help to have a game where you have positive feelings the whole game – negative feelings are an important part of enjoying a game."

Moral of the story: Keep up the good work, McCoven. We haven't become Giants fans without a healthy dose of negativity.

Minor League Free Agents

2009-11-17T23:13:15Z

Minor League Free Agents

Try to contain your excitement.

San Francisco Giants (23)
RHP: Kelyn Acosta+ (AAA), Matt Kinney (AAA), Osiris Matos (AAA), Bryan Millikan (AAA), Mike Musgrave (AAA), Ramon Ortiz (AAA), Kelvin Pichardo (AAA), Ronnie Ray (AAA), Ryan Sadowski (AAA), Shingo Takatsu (AAA), Trey Webb (Hi A), Craig Whitaker (AA), Orlando Yntema (Lo A)
C: Steve Holm (AAA), Todd Jennings+ (AAA)
1B: Josh Phelps (AAA)
2B: Derin McMains (AAA)
3B: Ramon A. Castro (AA), Dallas McPherson+ (AAA)
SS: Jake Wald (AAA)
OF: Joe Borchard (AAA), Jackson Melian (AAA), Mike Mooney (AA)

Marvin Benard named best...

2009-11-17T22:05:05Z

Marvin Benard named best...

...baseball-reference.com sponsorship! The link comes back to McC -- is this Grant's handiwork, or someone else's? Step forward to take your rightful credit!

Randy Winn and JT Snow pep-talk the youngins

2009-11-17T21:29:26Z

Randy Winn and JT Snow pep-talk the youngins

This article gives me hope that Randy will stick around in the Giants organization. I think it's been brought up before that he might be a good minor league manager or coach of some kind. I've always loved Randy, his offensive decline notwithstanding.

(PS: I know I've posted more than my share of fanshots recently. I'm sorry. It's all that's keeping me from rosterbating till my hands fall off.)

OT: Adobe Flash gets GPU acceleration, now slightly less of a ridiculous anachronism!

2009-11-17T20:55:27Z

OT: Adobe Flash gets GPU acceleration, now slightly less of a ridiculous anachronism!

//nerdrage

So the monkeys with typewriters at Adobe have finally realized that, OH MY GOD A LOT OF COMPUTERS HAVE ANOTHER PROCESSOR THAT IS BETTER AT EXECUTING LOTS OF PARALLEL INSTRUCTIONS like, oh say RENDERING VIDEO. Welcome to the 1990s, retards. Adobe: Only A Decade Behind!

//end nerdrage